Echame a mi la culpa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Albert Hammond

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Sabes mejor que nadie que me fallaste

You know better than anyone that you failed me

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Que lo que prometiste se te olvidó

That what you promised was forgotten

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Sabes a ciencia cierta que me engañaste

You know for sure that you deceived me

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Aunque nadie te amaba igual que yo.

Although no one loved you like I did.

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Lleno estoy de razones pa' despreciarte

I'm full of reasons to despise you

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Y sin embargo quiero que seas feliz.

And yet I want you to be happy.

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Y allá en el otro mundo

And in the other world

En vez de infierno encuentres gloria

Instead of hell, may you find glory

Y que una nube de tu memoria me borre a mí.

And may a cloud of your memory erase me.

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Y allá en el otro mundo

And in the other world

En vez de infierno encuentres gloria

Instead of hell, may you find glory

Y que una nube de tu memoria me borre a mí.

And may a cloud of your memory erase me.

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Dile al que te pregunte que no te quise

Tell whoever asks that I didn't love you

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Dile que te engañaba, que fuí lo peor

Tell them I was deceiving you, that I was the worst

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échame a mí la culpa de lo que pase

Put the blame on me for what happened

Cúbrete tú la espalda con mi dolor.

Cover yourself with my pain.

Y allá en el otro mundo

And in the other world

En vez de infierno encuentres gloria

Instead of hell, may you find glory

Y que una nube de tu memoria me borre a mí.

And may a cloud of your memory erase me.

Y allá en el otro mundo

And in the other world

En vez de infierno encuentres gloria

Instead of hell, may you find glory

Y que una nube de tu memoria me borre a mí.

And may a cloud of your memory erase me.

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Y allá en el otro mundo

And in the other world

En vez de infierno encuentres gloria

Instead of hell, may you find glory

Y que una nube de tu memoria me borre a mí.

And may a cloud of your memory erase me.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fallaste /faʎaˈste/ B1	verb - you failed
prometiste /promeˈtiste/ B1	verb - you promised
engañaste /eŋɣaˈnaste/ B1	verb - you deceived
despreciarte /despɾeθjaɾˈte/ C1	verb - to despise you
infierno /iɱˈfjeɾno/ B2	noun - hell
gloria /ˈɣloɾja/ B2	noun - glory
nube /ˈnuβe/ A2	noun - cloud
memoria /meˈmoɾja/ B1	noun - memory
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
culpa /ˈkulpa/ B1	noun - guilt
espaldas /esˈpaʎdas/ B1	noun - back
cubrir /kuˈbiɾ/ B1	verb - to cover

Key Grammar Structures

• que lo que prometiste se te olvidó

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in 'se te olvidó', expressing obligation or forgetfulness.

  ➔ 'Que' introduces a subordinate clause. The phrase 'se te olvidó' uses the past tense of the reflexive verb 'olvidar' with indirect object pronouns, showing that something was forgotten.

• Dile al que te pregunte que no te quise

  ➔ Imperative form 'Dile' (tell) plus indirect object 'al que te pregunte', demonstrating command + indirect speech.

  ➔ 'Dile' is the imperative form of 'decir' (to tell), used to give commands. The phrase 'al que te pregunte' is a subordinate clause introduced by 'que', meaning 'the one who asks you'.

• Cúbrete tú la espalda con mi dolor

  ➔ Imperative form 'Cúbrete' (cover yourself) with reflexive pronoun and prepositional phrase.

  ➔ 'Cúbrete' combines the imperative form of 'cubrirse' (to cover oneself) with the reflexive pronoun 'te'. The phrase 'con mi dolor' uses 'con' (with) to indicate the instrument or reason for covering.

• En vez de infierno encuentres gloria

  ➔ Subjunctive mood 'encuentres' after 'en vez de' (instead of) expressing a wish or hypothetical scenario.

  ➔ 'En vez de' is a fixed phrase meaning 'instead of.' 'Encuentres' in subjunctive mood indicates a wish or unreal scenario, often used after expressions of possibility or desire.

• Y una nube de tu memoria me borre a mí

  ➔ Subjunctive 'borre' after 'que' indicating a wish or hope.

  ➔ 'Que' introduces a subjunctive clause. 'Borre' is the present subjunctive form of 'borrar' (to erase), used here to express a wish that her memory be erased.